Honor Confirms The Launch Of Honor 7X On October 11

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Honor 7X releasing on October 11 in China

Expected pricing: 32 GB: USD 226 And 64GB: USD 271

Honor 7X received 3C certification in China

Honor, sub-brand of the Chinese smartphone giant Huawei, is planning to add another smartphone to the Honor series, calling it as Honor 7X. Honor 6X was launched 8 months back for the India market back in January 2017 and it was one among the first smartphones feature a dual camera at a budget pricing of INR 15,000.

Once again, Huawei is planning to launch the Honor 7X on October 11 during an event to be held in China.The company had released a teaser video and some images yesterday on the Chinese social media platform ‘Weibo’ with a tagline, “Want to see further than ordinary people? Higher? Wider your head and the world”. Previously, there were speculations made that the next Huwaei smartphone would be the Honor V9 mini. However, yesterday’s images clearly show a “7X” written at the center of the smartphone.

Photo Credit: Weibo

A Chinese certification website has revealed the specifications of the Honor 7X along with the fact that the smartphone has already received 3C certification.

The Honor 7X is expected to feature a large 5.5-inch IPS LCD display with 1920 x 1080p resolution.The display is expected to be a 2.5D curved glass with the added protection of Corning’s gorilla glass.

The most interesting and the most talked about feature of the Honor 7X is its latest 64-bit Kirin 670 Octa-core processor along with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage.

Rumors have it that the Honor 7X will feature dual cameras same as that of the Honor V9. Hence, the rear camera for the upcoming smartphone will have a 12MP lens (one RGB and one monochrome). We can expect a 4000mAh non-removable battery on the smartphone and Android 7.1 Nougat as the OS.

The leaked images also revealed a full metallic body for the smartphone with a 3.5mm headphone jack, a USB-C port and a pair of speakers.We can also see a fingerprint sensor at the middle of the device similar to the Honor V9.

The Honor 7X is expected to come in two different variants: 32GB and 64GB. The 32GB variant is expected to cost around USD 226 and the 64GB variant is expected to cost around USD 271.

However, all of the above information is totally based on speculation and leaks from various sources.We are still waiting for Huawei to update us with an official report.